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Senate approves higher pay, limited freelance rules for court reporters
Summary
The Senate passed a bill raising the authorized maximum salaries for official circuit and chancery court reporters and accepted an amendment allowing limited freelance reporting under specified conditions. The measure includes implementation steps and a requirement that salary increases not be paid from the state general fund.
The Mississippi State Senate adopted a bill that raises the maximum authorized salaries for official circuit and chancery court reporters and includes an amendment to permit limited freelance reporting under narrowly prescribed conditions.
Sponsor and committee members described the bill as an effort to address a longstanding shortage of court reporters across the state and to make official reporting a more viable career. The adopted salary schedule sets progressive maximums tied to experience; sponsors said the increases are intended to be paid…
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